Bachelor’s Degree Program <p>Communities everywhere have a critical need for highly trained early childhood educators and childcare professionals. Today’s education profession also demands the ability to teach in inclusive settings.</p> <p>In response to these needs, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater offers dual licensure in Early Childhood Education and Early Childhood Special Education. Our blended program is the first of its kind in the UW System.</p> <p><strong>What can you do with an Early Childhood/Early Childhood Special Education degree?</strong></p> <p>This bachelor’s degree program will prepare you to work with children from birth through age 8. More specifically, you’ll be qualified to apply for a license through the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction to teach regular and special education at the early childhood development level. You’ll be prepared to teach in community childcare facilities, birth-to-three programs, Head Start, preschool, 4- and 5-year-old kindergarten, and grades one through three in public and private elementary schools.</p> False Arrow